Keep On Keepin' On

My lesson with JJ on the 7:30 a.m. FS at Gilbert.  Just 4 skaters (and 4 coaches!)

Today's lesson:

• edge drill -- I showed these to JJ.  They are getting a little better; my circle is  a bit tighter than it used to be.  The L side was better than the R.
• crossover drill -- we spent a good chunk of our time working to uncross after the cross.  Ugh.  I managed to do a couple on the boards that were correct, but none off.  On the positive side, I actually was able to do the cross fairly convincingly off the boards.
• half loop drill -- an intro to this. It's just standing at the boards on the R skate with the L foot in the air; jump off the toepick and land on the L foot.  Not as easy as it sounds, unfortunately.  Ugh.
• waltz jump -- finished up with these.  I tried hard to keep my head up and do better prep.  The first one was not so great, and JJ asked me to do one with more speed.  I actually did a pretty decent one though I still dropped my head :-(.

Some progress.... hopefully I can start getting more practice.